JanePublishing Newsbook business / Ebooks / LGBTQ / steampunk36 Comments

Don Weise, formerly of Alyson Books, has launched his own press to publish LGBT literature.   It sounds like it is a print press and will publish 15 to 20 books per year in both fiction and non fiction.   More at Publishers’ Weekly. ***** Lagardere, the parent corporation of Hachette (who ... more >

October 11, 2010

Gay Writes at Dear Author

SarahFContests/Giveaways / MiscGay Writes Review / giveaway / LGBTQ168 Comments

Today is National Coming Out Day, and here at Dear Author, we’re going to be celebrating NCOD all week with our own “Gay Writes” campaign. One of the reasons NCOD was established in 1988 is because the single most important thing most GLBT people can do to advance GLBT rights ... more >

October 8, 2010

Gay Writes Friday Film Review: Beautiful Thing

JayneFilm ReviewsEngland / Friday Film Review / LGBTQ / m/m. coming out / working class / Young-Adult16 Comments

Beautiful Thing (1996) Genre: Romance/Drama/Comedy Grade: B Note for most viewers: Turn the subtitles ON! I’ve had this film in my Netflix queue for awhile because of recs made here after Sarah’s review of “Latter Days” and when she told me about what she wants to do for next Monday, ... more >

October 7, 2010

Thursday Midday Links: Borders’ Corporate Building List for Sale

JanePublishing NewsBorders / HarperCollins / LGBTQ / Literary Criticism / Orbit / Random-House / SourceBooks / Stephanie Draven46 Comments

This is really a week’s worth of stuff in one post so excuse the length: Next week we are going to celebrate National Coming Out Day and the “It Get’s Better” movement started by Dan Savage: ***** With all the layoffs and downsizing, Borders has no need for the space ... more >

September 6, 2010

REVIEW: Wildthorn by Jane Eagland

JiaBook Reviews / C Reviews Category / C- Reviews19th century / family relationships / lesbian romance / LGBTQ / Young-Adult3 Comments

Dear Ms. Eagland, I came across your debut novel while perusing the selections at NetGalley. The cover caught my eye, and the description piqued my interest. A young adult Victorian novel? About a young woman falsely committed to an asylum? Sign me up! Louisa Cosgrove is on a journey to ... more >

November 11, 2009

REVIEW: Tangle Girls (anthology edited by Nicole Kimberling)

JanineA Review Category / A- Reviews / B Reviews / B Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / B- Reviews / C+ Reviews / C- Reviewsdystopian / f/f / Fairy-Tales / LGBTQ / multicultural / Nicole Kimberling / Romantic SF12 Comments

Dear Readers, Back in July of 2008, I reviewed Tangle XY, an anthology of short speculative m/m stories. Earlier this year, Blind Eye Books, the publisher of Tangle XY, came out with Tangle Girls, an f/f anthology. As with Tangle XY, some (not all) of the stories are multicultural, and ... more >